Rail-joint.



RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED-JULY 25, I917- RENEWED JAN. 9

Patented Apf. 8, 1919.

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nAIn-"Jonvn 1' 0, all "whom it may concern Be it known that -I,-MnRon1i Enwrmfa citiQ" zen of the UnitedSt ates, residingiat Talmo,

in the county ofJackson, State of. Georgia,"

have, invented a new and useful Bail-Joint; and I do hereby declare the following toebe a full, clear, and exact description ,ofithe invention, such as will enable others skilled.

in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i .7 The present invention relatesto certain new and useful improvements in rail joints, and has for its object to provide a deviceof this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby the abutting ends of a pair of rails can beheld securely,-

in alinement with each other without the,

necessity of employing any boltsor threaded.

fastening members.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a rail joint .whi'chis' comparatively 1 tions and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description pro-- ceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the inven tion, reference is to be had'tothe following description and accompanying drawings, inwhic V Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rail 'joint embodylng the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the joint on the line :33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the chair' member, showlng the same as detached from the rail ends.

Corresponding and like parts are referred.

to in the following description and indicated in all the views of thedrawings by;

the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention, the numeralsl designate the abutting ends ofia pair of rails which may be off any standard or CQIIVGH'. tional cross sectlon, and the numerals 2 a giSpccifitation'of Letters Patent. Pateiitefl Apr, 8, Application filed Ju as, 1917, Serial no isfavta.

ewe 'a mr t, i919, seii iiio. 276,445. 7 "j t series of ties which,extend transversely d the track ra ls 'in the usual man'ner. The-j 10ml: member s injthe-form ofa chairyin eluding a base plate 3 and a" pair ofbpposed ntegral .wlngs'4 which spring'froin the edge portionsof the' base plate and extend over .the basal flanges ofthe rail en ds at 4, t er-- 1 y m-inatlnglin the verticallydispo'se d plates 4 which-extend into the fishing spaces of the rails and fit tightly. against 'opposite'sides of the webs of the rails, also engaging. the

lower sides of the rail heads'soas to h ld the; falls against relative vertical movement.

The vertical plate 4 iof one of the wings 4 is provided [upon the inner face thereof'with a longltudinally'extending groove 5 through whicha wire or'similar conducting membe'r" 4 can be passed. .The .ends'of the'b'ase plate 3'" are provided with longitudinally projecting integral extensions 6'which extend an appreciable distance underthe rails so, as to prov'ide an extended bearing "for the same.

Theselongitudinal extensions 6 of the base i plate are somewhat narrower than the bod-y portion of the base plate, and are provided at opposite sides thereof with hooked lugs 7 arranged to extend over thebase flanges off the rails andto assist in holding the'rail'ends securely in position. The longitudinal edges ofthebasexplate extensions 6 are beveled at the edges of the body portion 3 of the base plate are provldedwith side flanges 3 which. are notched at'10, the two sets of notches 9 and 1 0 being engaged by spikes 11 which a are employed to secure the device rigidly in.

positionuponthe ties 2. The bottom of the:

chair is entirely flatand the flanges 3 project outwardly beyond the edges of the ex-,- tensions .6 so as to formin flect a cross? shaped base for the chair. This construetion .provides afirmbearing for the chair upon the ties, and greatly reduces the possibility of the" chair overturning. The abut-- chair member, being engaged. by the side 7 wings 4 thereof, and alsoby the hooked lugs 7 "of the baseplate extensions; The wings 41 confine. the rallend's in such almanner that, they are-held securely against both vertical; and horizontal dis lacementrelativejto' each other, thereby Iena ling the rolling'stock to 7 pass over thejoin't without excessivejarring or jolting.

s51 I 8 and provided with the "spike receiving notches 9,. Inv a somewhat similar manner Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A COmbination with the abutting ends of a pair of rails, of a chair member including a base plate having flat upper and lower faces and provided at an intermediate point in its length with opposed side wlngs constructed to fit over the flanges of the rails and extend upwardly within'the'fishing spaces 'to engagement with the rail heads, the ends of the and are also provided with short upwardly projecting inwardly hooked lugs for extending over and locking the flanges of the rail ends tothe extensions at a distance from the side wings, the upper and lower surfaces of the longitudinal extensions bein flush with the top and bottom of the base plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MERCER ERWIN. Witnesses i A. 'S. EnWIN,

DI BILL) WhIE LOHEL.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Was1 1in'gton, D. 0. i 

